An Old Merchant's House

An Old Merchant's House
Author: Mary Knapp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2012
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 9780578048567

An authentic view of the domestic life of privileged New Yorkers in the three decades before the Civil War. It is based on memoirs, diaries, letters, and a preserved antebellum home belonging to the same family for almost 100 years. The daily life and habits of that family and their neighbors are revealed in fascinating detail.

The Historic Shops & Restaurants of New York

The Historic Shops & Restaurants of New York
Author: Ellen Williams
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781892145154

Discover venerable dining rooms, gas-lit taverns, and old-world apothecaries and tobacconists from the New York of George Washington, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Boss Tweed, Harry Houdini, and P.T. Barnum. This old-world guide covers restaurants, gourmet shops, cafes, saloons and bars, hardware stores, and home furnishings stores. Illustrations.